Abstract
Nowadays, agricultural parks are considered important compound systems for “the sixth industrialization of agriculture.” Through the examples of two agricultural parks in the Kyoto Prefecture, which are managed by different bodies, this paper determines the effects of the maintenance of agricultural parks on the revitalization of a region. According to the results, the greater the emotional attachment of a temporary employee to the agricultural park, the greater the park’s contribution to the revitalization of the region. In the case of agricultural park T, which is primarily managed by the third sector, the employees do not have a strong attachment to their workplace; hence, for them, park T merely serves “to provide a job.” On the other hand, in the case of agricultural park M, which is looked after by the local people, the people have a strong attachment to their park; thus, park M not only “provides jobs” but also serves “to motivate employees to revitalize the region.”
